POEM: They Told Me Not To

Posted: September 21, 2010 in Poems

Wrote this in 5th grade. 

They Told Me Not To

by Nahreen Tarzi

They told me not to get dirty.

They told me not to play a joke.

They told me not to scream.

They told me not to choke.

They told me not to punch.

They told me not to bid.

They told me not to scare the mailman,

but all those things, of course, I did!

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